(https://www.translatum.gr/gallery/albums/greece/athens/cows/cows_033.jpg)
Syntagma square, Ermou street, a cow drinking a cocktail.
I have created an album with a small sample of cow pictures I have taken during the Athens cowparade (https://www.translatum.gr/gallery/index-21.html).
CowParade is an international public art exhibit that has been featured in major cities all over the world. Fiberglass sculptures of cows are decorated by local artists, and distributed over the city centre, in public places such as train stations, important avenues, and parks. They often feature artwork and designs specific to local culture, as well as city life and other relevant themes. After the exhibiton in the city, which lasts many months, the cows are auctioned off and the proceeds donated to charity.
There are a few variations of shape, but the 3 most common shapes of cow were created by Pascal Knapp, a Swiss-born sculptor who was commissioned to create the cows specifically for the CowParade series of events.
The concept of "cow parade" was created in Zürich, Switzerland, in 1998.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CowParade
Links
- Πίνακας με την ακριβή τοποθεσία κάθε γλυπτού-αγελάδας, με το όνομά της, τον καλλιτέχνη που την έφτιαξε και τον αντίστοιχο χορηγό (http://www.cowparade.gr/cowlocations1.html)
- Cowparade home page (http://www.cowparade.com/)
- Athens cowparade 2006 home page (http://www.cowparade.gr/)
- Ζημιές στις εικαστικές αγελάδες στο κέντρο της Αθήνας προκάλεσαν άγνωστοι (http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=712445)
- Στην Αθήνα από τις 8 Μαΐου το Cowparade (http://www.in.gr/news/article.asp?lngEntityID=704034)
- Οι 77 αγελάδες της ...Αθήνας (http://www.forthnet.gr/templates/newsPosting.aspx?p=158993)
- CowParade Αθήνα `06 - Η επέλαση των γλυπτών....αγελάδων! (http://www.uti.gr/doc/gr_lengu/newspaper/issue/Varius/varius/2006/various1_23_january_06.htm)